A synthetic gene drive system for local, reversible modification and suppression of insect populations

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 671-677

  Akbari, Omar S ^a   Matzen, Kelly D ^a,c   Marshall, John M ^b   Huang, Haixia ^a   Ward, Catherine M ^a   Hay, Bruce A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; SYNTHETIC DNA; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIDOTES; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC LINKAGE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSGENES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876769853     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.02.059     Document Type: Article

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